Hmt Technology Corporation

Stormedia, Inc.

Yassin Mehmandoust

Atef H Eltoukhy

Hamid R Samani

Gerard H Vurens

Rick C Price

Abdoul H Riahi-Samani

Shiro Murakami

A method for controlling the application of lubricant to thin film, magnetic disk media entailing ultrasonic vibration of heated disk lubricant.

Method for controlling lubricant thickness on thin film, magnetic disk

A composite lubricant for thin-film magnetic discs comprising perfluoropolyether (PFPE) lubricant and an anti-oxidant, cyclophosphazene lubricant dispersed in a fluoropentane solvent.

Thin film disc lubrication utilizing disparate lubricant solvent

A thin film magnetic disc having a carbon overcoat which is characterized by (a) a thickness of less than about 500 .ANG. and (b) surface nitrogen atoms having a nitrogen (1s) electron principle binding energy, as determined by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), of about 399.4 eV. The nitrogen atoms enhance lubricant adhesion to the overcoat. In a preferred embodiment, the overcoat is formed by sputtering under an argon/hydrocarbon/nitrogen gas atmosphere to produce long resistance-to-erosion times, and high lubricity properties.

Magnetic recording disk medium comprising a magnetic thin film and a

A method for texturing a disc substrate, and a particle slurry for use in the method. The slurry includes two populations of different-size particles, preferably one population containing particles in a 3 micron size range, and a second population containing particles in a 1 micron size range. The particles, when used to abrade the surface of a disc, create a surface texture characterized by a low peak/peak-to-valley ratio.

Texturing slurry and method

Method and apparatus for texturing a substrate for use in a magnetic recording disc. A texturing pad used in the invention has inner and outer coaxial regions, with the outer region being more compressible. When the pad and a substrate are rotated about parallel, offset axes, and pressed against one another in the presence of a particle slurry, the inner, less compressible region of the pad produces a deeper-groove texturing on an inner annular surface region of the disc.

Method for texturing a magnetic disc substrate

A method of evaluating the start/stop lifetime of a thin-film magnetic medium having an overcoat formed by sputtering a carbon-containing overcoat on a magnetic-film substrate. Resistance to erosion of the medium is evaluated by the time required to wear away the overcoat during a high-speed abrasion treatment. Lubricity is measured either in terms of the coefficient of friction of the disc, or in terms or surface hydrophobicity, as gauged by one of a number of measurable surface properties. The method allows for rapid assessment of disc wear properties, and can be used to optimize sputtering conditions required to achieve selected hardness and lubricity properties in a disc overcoat.

Thin film testing method

Method and apparatus for treating the surface of a magnetic disc to remove surface asperities and loosely bound material. The disc is alternatively treated by contact with a pair of moving belt-like tapes, a pair of flying heads, and second contact with the belt-like tape, with the disc carried at a fixed position for rotation in a vertical plane throughout, but rotated at a higher speed during the intermediate flying waffling step. The first and/or second tape-treatment steps can be used to apply a lubricant film to the disc surface.

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Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Yassin Mehmandoust